FANTASTIC MACHINE is a deep dive into the vast historic ocean of media culture. From the birth of the camera obscura to the screening of the first moving picture, from the invention of the webcam to the first viral video, this witty and thought-provoking documentary chases the rise of image culture as we know it.

Weaving and contrasting some of the most iconic, historic photographs and footage with harrowing, contemporary viral images that have seared themselves into our collective memory, Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck put forward an emblematic study of cinema and the social history it creates. What are the implications of being exposed to the billions of images competing for our attention?